Roller hat-fastener.



PATENTBD MAY 30, 1905.

l W. W; MGNAUGHTON.

ROLLER HAT FASTBNER.

APPLIUATION FILED MAR. 25,1905.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.'

No. 791,359. j PATBNTBD MAY 3o, 1905.

W. W. MO'NAUGHTON. ROLLER HAT PASTBNER.

.APPLIOATION FILED MAR. 25,1905.

WITNESSES l? I MHD z5 /fM/fmezwa Patented May so, 1905.

PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM W. MCNAUGHTON, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

ROLLER HAT-FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 791,359, dated May 30,1905.

Application filed March 25, 1905. Serial No. 251,943.

To utllwhom/'iii may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM W. MCNAUGH- TON, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Newark, in the county of Essex and' State of NewJersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in RollerHat-Fasteners; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it' appertains to make and use thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to lettersof reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to certain improvements in that class ofhat-fasteners shown in my Aprior patents, Nos. 7 82,683 and 782,684,issued February 14, 1905, the objects of the present improvements beingto secure a more easy and comfortable engagement of the fastener withthe head of the wearer, to facilitate the taking off and putting on of ahat provided with such fasteners and to obviate the causing ofunpleasant friction upon the sides of the head, to simplify and cheapenthe construction, to secure a holding-arm Yor eXtension which can beremoved from the body portion of the fastener when not in use and supported on an inner portion of the hat, and to obtain other advantagesand results, some of `which may be hereinafter referred to in connectionwith the description of the working parts. v

The invention consists in the improved hatfastener and in thearrangements and combinations of parts of the same, all substantially aswill be hereinafter set forth, and finally embraced in the clauses ofthe claim.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, in which like figures ofreference indicate corresponding parts in each of the several iigures,Figure l is a vertical transverse section of a derby hat provided withmy improved fastener. Fig. 2 is a side view of a portion of thesame, thebrim of the hat and a portion of the hat-band being broken away, as online w, Fig. l, to show the fastener more clearly. Fig. 3 is a view of aportion of the hat from lthe inside, showing the manner of carrying thefastening-arms when notin use. Fig. 4

is a detail perspective of the body portion of my hat-fastener in'itspreferred form. Fig. 5 is a vertical cross-section of a straw hat,showing a modified form of my fastener applied thereto. Figs. 6 and 7are detail'views illustrating, respectively, the permanentlyattachedandthe detachable portions of saidI modified fastener, said Fig. 6 beingpartly in section on line y, Fig. 5. Fig. 8 is a view from'the inside ofa hat, with the sweat-band partly4 broken away, of the form of fastenershown in my prior application, Serial No. 7 82,683, above referred to,and having the present improvements. applied thereto; and Fig. 9illustrates a modified construction which may sometimes be employed..

In said drawings, 2indicates the body portion of a derby hat providedwith the usual interior sweat-band 8 and exterior hat-band 4.

My improvedhat-fastener is preferably employed in pairs, as shown inFig. 1,v one fastener being shown at each side of the hat, so as toengage the head of the wearer near his ears.

The body of the hat-fastener comprises a sheet-metal portion 5, adaptedto lie against the hat-body 2 and be covered by the outside hat-band 4.Said' body portion 5 may be attached to the hat in any suitable manner,preferably by lugs 6, adapted to be pushed through the hat-body and bentover, although vsewing may be employed, as in my said prior patents. Atits lower portion the body part 5 provides wings 7, bent inwardly towardeach other to form a tubular passage 8, and in alinement with the endsof said' passage are, preferably, holes 81, extending through thehat-brim. This said body portion 5 of the fastener lies at all timesunder the hat-band 4, as described, and obviously is concealed thereby.

The attaching portion of my improved fastener comprises a wire loop 9,having at the closed end thereof a pivotal roller 10, which ispreferably of soft rubber or other material adapted to be easy andcomfortable in its contact with the head of the wearer. The arms of saidloop preferably approach each toward their ends, as at 11, and then haveeX- tremities l2, which are bent outwardly apart.

By compressing the said ends 12 toward each other they may be insertedin the passage 8 of the body portion 5 of the fastener and passedtherethrough until they lie above it with the narrow portion yof theloop within the said passage. In this relation of parts, which is shownin Fig. 2 more particularly, the rubber roller 10 is evidently heldbelow the hat, as shown in Fig. 1, and in a position to engage the headof the wearer to hold the hat in place, as will be understood. I/Vhennot in use, each loop 9, with its roller 10, can be removed andsimilarly inserted in reversed position in apertures 13, provided in theedge of the sweat-band or atany other convenient point, as shown in Fig.3.

rIlhe body portion 5 is of course made wide enough to protect the pointsof the loop 9 from scratching or tearing the hat-band, and, if desired,the openings 81 through the brim of the hat at the mouth of the passage8 may .be provided with eylets of any suitable or ordinary construction.

In Figs. 5, 6, and 7 I have shown a modified construction, in which astaple 15 is arranged just above the brim 14 of the hat between thehat-body 16 and outer hat-band 17, said staple comprising a piece ofwire with eyes 18 18, which project through apertures in the hat-brim.The detachable portion of the fastener in this construction comprises asingle piece of wire providing at its middle portion a loop 19 topivotally receive the rubber roller 20. From said roller the arms of thesaid loop extend upward, as at 21, and are then bent outwardly toprovide portions 22, adapted to lie fiat against the under side of thehat-brim. Said ends 22 are furthermore bent or returned to form otherportions 23, which lie in a plane adjacent to that of the said portions22 and have hooked extremities 24, adapted to catch into the said eyes18 of the staple above described. The fastener can thus be readilyapplied to the hat, as shown in Fig. 5, with its portions 22 23 lyingagainst the hat-brim 14 and its roller 20, held by the arms 21, inposition to engage the head of the wearer. The general idea of thisconstruction is shown in my said prior patent, No. 7 82,684, except thatI have here employed a rotatable roller and a supporting-arm therefor,which is bent out of a single piece of wire.

In Fig. 8 I have illustrated substantially the construction shown in myprior patent, No. 782,683, except I show therein the roller 25, Whichembodies the most important feature of this present application. Saidroller 25 I have shown supported by adoubled-wire arm 26, supported in aplate 27, adapted to be riveted, as by lugs 28, to the hat-body 29 andlie beneath the sweat-band 30.

In Fig. 9 I show substantially a combination of the detachable member ofFigs. 1, 2, and 3 with the staple of Figs. 5 and 6, 31 indicating theroller pivoted in a wire loop 32, the bent extremities 33 of whose armsare thrust through the eyes 34 of the staple 35 and bear upwardlyagainst the hat-brim 36.

Throughout all these constructions it will be noted that I use the looserotatable roller, and it will be remembered that said roller is of somesoft and preferably resilient material, whether rubber, felt, or othersubstance.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new is- 1. In ahat-fastener, an arm adapted to project from a hat, and a pivotal rollerupon said arm adapted to engage the head of the wearer.

2. In a hat-fastener, an arm comprising a wire loop adapted at its freeextremities to be secured to a hat, and a roller pivoted at the closedend of said loop.

3. In a hatfastener, supporting means adapted to be mounted on a hat, anarm adapted to project from said supporting means, and. a pivotal rollerupon said arm.

4. In a hat fastener, supporting` means adapted to be mounted upon ahat, an arm comprising a wire loop adapted at the free ends of its armsto engage said supporting means, and a roller pivoted at the closed endol said loop.

5. In a hat-fastener, the combination of supporting means adapted to bemounted on a hat, an arm adapted to be detachably connected to saidsupporting means, and a roller pivotally mounted upon the said arm.

6. In a hat-fastener, the combination with a supporting-plate havingwings bent inwardly over itself, of a separate loop having arms adaptedto be sprung under said wings, and a roller pivoted at the closed end ofsaid loop.

7. The combination with a hat having the inner portion of itselflprovided with apertures 13, of a supporting-plate upon said hat havingoppositely-bent wings 7, a wire loop whose arms are adapted to be eitherinserted in the said openings or sprung under the said wings, and aroller pivoted in the closed end of said loop.

8. In a hat-fastener, the combination with a plate adapted to be mountedupon a hat and providing an annular passage-way, of a loop havingresilient arms adapted to be sprung into said passage-way, and a rollerpivoted in the closed end of said loop.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing l have hereunto set my hand this16th day of March, 1905.

WILLIAM W. MCNAUGHION.

Witnesses:

RUSSELL M. Evunuirr, M. V. DoYLu.

